Cascade Crew

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: leaky t-top woes

so i finally narrowed down where my t-tops are leaking. the ONLY place on my 86 firebird i have ANY water coming in is the joint between the t-top seal (the one attatched to the top glass) and the window seal. only right at those two joints. unfortunatly this drops water right on my seat. i think i am going to have to use sillicone caulk to seal thios area together in a "permanent" fashion. meaning i will be unable to remove my t-tops with out breaking the seal. i will just have to carefully remove this silicone upon the arival of warmer weather.

pictures of this fix to come soon. along with pictures of some slight re-painting of a few bits of the car. rattlecan, so don't get too exited. Sad

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:17 am Post subject:

Same place they always leak. Rolling Eyes

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:42 am Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:35 am Post subject:

Mine leak from the point where the back corner of the window meets the back corner of the t-top, and the window seal where the window meets the windshield and the mirror. Must just be my wierd car. Shrug

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject:

my hard top leaks where the mirror triangle meets the window too Shocked

at last somone knows my pain.

alloy · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject:

On my t-tops I cured 80% of my leaks by running a small bead of silicone where the metal trim meets the glass on top. Another leak source cured for me (not the t-tops) was when I just replaced the outer window sweeps. They were very hard and brittle, and my bump stops on the bottom of the window let the windows go down too far, and when they cam up it tried to rip off the outer sweeps. Also where the triangle meets the sweeps, they was a big gap because the oold sweeps had hardened and shrunk up creating a big hole there. The new ones come really close to completely sealing there, and a very small dab of silicone was all that was needed to seal up the small pin hole where the sweep met the triangle.

It's amazing how much difference the new sweeps made in the car. When I close the doors they sound firmer, and the windows roll up and down much easier, and wind noise from the windows is virtually gone now. This "fix" to me rates up there with SFC's. Made that much of a difference.

Al Hasse · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:55 am Post subject:

Demon · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject:

many times the t-tops leak because they're put on improperly, or part of the seal is folded over so it doesn't overlap the area where they meet.

right on the corners where the seal on the body will meet the seal on the t-tops.

I thought it was stupid at first, but after having somebody put my passenger side t-top on wrong, it made plenty of sense to me Embarassed

blue89 · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:19 am Post subject:

OMG! Mine leaks at the mirror triangle too! Maybe it has something to do with the Bermuda Triangle?

I fixed a lot of my leakiness by using a rubber conditioner (WD-40 and Meguires) to make the rubber seal with the glass a little better. It took care of all the leaks except for the Window Triangle and the rear upper corner. I still need to get more conditioner in there. The rubber is a little dry.